Stuart, James; Revett, Nicholas: The antiquities of Athens (Band 4): The antiquities of Athens and other places in Greece, Sicily etc.: supplementary to the antiquities of Athens (London, 1830)

GRE IvK TH EATRK

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ON THE

FORM, ARRANGEMENT, AND CONSTRUCTION

GREEK THEATRE.

* rofound as has been the erudition with which many modern writers have endeavoured to attain a
correct acquaintance with the more intimate manners of the ancients, the greater part of their usages
are yet unknown to us, and those, which the patient labour of indefatigable research has unveiled,

l hat the reader may more fully comprehend the application of
the various terms in this essay to the parts of the Greek theatre,
a complete plan is prefixed, as a vignette, in which all the parts
are restored, upon the authority of Vitruvius, Pollux, and other
writers : the following is the description of the references :—

A B r A, the circle of the diagram, divided into 12 parts by 3

squares. E B r A, the orchestra, 120 feet in diameter. A B, the

dromos, 120 feet long by 20 feet wide, a, B, parodoi of the chorus.

> centre for radius of arc A*. A, centre for radius of arc Bo.

' s*airs (xJu^axT^E;) leading from the orchestra on the logeion.

Z> eisodos of the strangers. H, eisodos of the citizens—opposite

le eisodoi are the periactoi or triangular slips. <s>, centre door of

cene or the protagonist. I, side door of scene for the deu-

°. " K' dtao for the tritagonist. AMNE, parascenia, of

which A and a do not rise so high as the scene, but follow the

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inclination of the boundary wall of the coilon, in order not to
intercept the view of the actors from the spectators. O A, en-
trance and passage for the chorus from the portico behind the
scene to the orchestra, without passing over the logeion. rixXir,
passage from parascene and Charonic stairs. P P, entrances for the
spectators by staircases from the portico behind the scene to the
coilon. X 2 X £, entrances for the spectators from the hill above.
TTT, portico behind the scene. YT, staircases to the upper
chambers of the parascenia. lyoTrn^o-v, proscenium, o tt, front
of the logeion, decorated with niches and columns, y o@, ana-
peisma of Tartarus. § < {*$ i, the conistra, according to Bulen-
gerus. $ B (S A A >, the thymele or thymelic pulpitum, according
to Bulengerus. r v f x> the largest possible circle of the choragic
dance. ^ ft, smallest possible circle of ditto.

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